Bricklayer&#39;s trestle or horse



May 11, 1934. s. L. SMITH BRICKLAYERS TRESTLE OR HORSE Filed July 29, 19152 Patented May I, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE BRICKLAYERS TRESTLE R HORSE George L. Smith, New Kensington, Pa.

Application July 29, 1932, Serial No. 625,929

2 Claims. (01. 3045) This invention relates to safety trestles, espe- 11. The brackets 11 and 12 each includes a cascially adapted for use by brick layers and similar ing 13 consisting of side walls 14 cut at an inmechanics and has for the primary object, the clination as shown in Figure 5 and joined toprovision of a device of the above stated characgether by walls 15 and 16. Operating within 5 ter which may be easily and quickly assembled the casing 13 are hinged sections 17' and 18 conand disassembled and consists of a rectangular nected by a hinge 19. The hinged section 17 inframe having certain portions thereof which may cludes side walls 20 connected by a wall 21 to be detached from each other and then folded to which one leaf of the hinge 19 is attached. One permit convenient handling and storing of the end of each side wall is bevelled as shown at 22.

10 device. The side walls are provided with aligning open- With this and other objects in view, this invenings to register with openings in the casing 13 tion consists in certain novel features of construcfor the purpose of receiving bolts or like fasteners tion, combination and arrangement of parts to be which also extend through the members of the hereinafter more fully described and claimed. trestle. The section 18 is of rectang ar shap in 15 For a complete understanding of my invention, CrOSS S ction Wit Opp s Walls Cut away at an reference is to be had to the following descripinclination as shown at 23 and said opposite Walls tion and accompanying drawing, in which are provided with aligning openings to register Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating a with openings in t easing 13 to receive a b lt trestle constructed in accordance with my inor like fastener after passing through the respec- 20 vention. tive member. One wall of the section 18 is cut Figure 2 is a fragmentary vertical sectional away as shown at 24. The sections 17 and 18 view illustrating the same. are applied to their respective members of the Figure 3 is a similar view showing one section trestle and when said members are detached of the device folded, from the brackets 6 and '7 they may be folded, as 25 Figure 4 is a sectional view taken on the line shown in Figure 3. The brackets 6 and 11 ap- 4 4 f Figure 2 plied to the upper member 4 have a series of nail Figure 5 is a perspective view illustrating a holes 25 whereby support p s r boa ds corner brace. may be attached to the trestle.

Figure 6 is a perspective view illustrating one While I have shown and described the pre- 30 section of a hinge connection. ferred embodiment of my invention, it will be Figure '7 is a perspective View illustrating the understood that minor changes in construction, other section of the hinge connection. nati n a d a ra of parts y be Figure 8 is a perspective view illustrating a made without departing from the spirit and corner bracket. scope of my invention, as claimed.

35 Referring in detail to the drawing, the numeral Having thus described my invention, what I 1 indicates a rectangular frame to form a trestle claim is: including side members 2 and 3 and upper and 1. A trestle comprising a pair of brackets each lower members 4 and 5. The members 2 to 5 including a pair of hinged sections folded onto may be of any desired dimensions and coneach other, frame members secured to said sec- 40 structed from any material suitable for the purtions and movable therewith, and rigid brackets pose detachably connected to said members for re- The members 3 and 4 are connected together by taining the latter to form a frame of rectangua bracket 6 and the members 2 and 5 are conlar shape. nected together by a bracket '7 similar in con- 2. A bracket for trestles comprising a casing 45 struction to the bracket 6. Each of the brackets including side walls and connecting walls for includes an L-shaped body 8 of hollow formation joining the side walls and arranged at right anand of rectangular shape in cross section to regles to each other, movable sections having cutceive the ends of the respective members which away e d hinged o a other and received in are secured therein by bolts or like fasteners 9. the casing with one section secured to the casing 50 A web 10 is formed integrally with the angularl and the other section detachably connected to related portions of the bracket to strengthen or Said Casingreinforce the bracket. GEORGE L. SMITH.

The members 4 and 2 are connected by brackets 11 and the members 3 and 5 are connected by a 55 bracket 12 similar in construction to the bracket 

